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10. SARAH, b. April 9, 1742, d. prior to 1745.
1-1 BENJAMIN THURSTON, (Daniel), b. Dec. 25, 1711, m. in Mendon, Elizabeth b. 1707, d. Feb. 21, 1768; m. 2nd, Nov. 24, 1768, Mrs. Dorcas Chapin. d. Aug. 19, 1792. He d. Feb. 6, 1795. Was collector of tithes and taxes for the sixteenth district of Massachusetts Bay, under George III., for several years, about 1764. Children,
2 1. JOHN, b. April, 1741, m. Susannah Wheeler.
3 2. PETER, b. Sept. 17, 1745, m. Elizabeth
4 3. BENJAMIN, b. Jan 2, 1748, m. and rev. to Barre.
5 4. LEVI, b. July 30, 1751, m. Priscilla Wheeler and Hannah Hayden.
2-1 JOHN THURSTON, (Benjamin, Daniel), b. April, 1741, m. April 30, 1765, Susannah Wheeler (W), b. Oct. 14, 1746, d. Nov. 5, 1835. He d. March 16, 1824. He was a farmer in Grafton; constable of Worcester County, collector and much in town affairs. During the revolution- ary war was called out and joined a company, but peace being declared he did not go. Children,
1. TIMOTHY, b. July 10, 1766, m. Nov. 29, 1787, Peggy Hills ; m. 2nd, Jan. 10, 1796, Lucy Hayden.
2. ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 19, 1767, d. Oct. 9, 1828.
3. RACHEL, b. Aug. 7, 1771, m. Amos Ellis.
6 4. DANIEL, b. Nov. 7, 1775, m. Rosanna Ellis.
3-2 PETER THURSTON, (Benjamin, Daniel), b. Sept. 17, 1745, m. Eliza- beth . He d. Oct. 16, 1781. Children,
1. DAVID, b. Jan. 31, 1773, d. young.
2. PARDIS, b. Ang. 2, 1775, m. Sally Ward.
3. BETTY, b. May 30, 1780, d. Aug. 25, 178I.
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4-3 | BENJAMIN THURSTON, (Benjamin, Daniel), b. Jan. 2, 1748. He rev.
to Barre. Children, b. here,
1. LUCRETIA, b. Apr. 22, 1772. 2. ADOLPHUS, b. Dec. 24, 1773.
3. FREDERICK, b. Aug. 26, 1777. 4. AUGUSTUS W., b. Aug. 9, 1779.
5-4 LEVI THURSTON, (Benjamin, Daniel), b. July 30, 1751, mn. Apr. 14, 1773, Priscilla Wheeler (W), b. June 1, 1755, d. May 12, 1791; m. 2nd, July 13, 1794, Hannah Hayden. Children,
1. PRISCILLA H., b. Feb. 24, 1775, d. Sept. 24, 1775.
2. POLLY, b. Jan. 19, 1777, d. Jan. 17, 1778.
3. RECONCILE, b. Apr. 3, 1779. 4. LEVI, b. May 25, 1781.
5. MARY, b. June 16, 1783. 6. PETER, b. Apr. 22, 1785.
7. BENJAMIN, b. May 8, 1789.
The family rev. to Alstead, N. H., and then to Sutton, Mass.
6-4 DANIEL THURSTON, (John, Benjamin, Daniel), b. Nov. 7, 1775, m. Rosanna Ellis. He d. Aug. 22, 1825. Children,
1. MELINDA, b. Aug. 16, 1800, d. May 14, 1816.
2. SYLVESTER, b. May 22, 1802, d. Sept. 4, 1803.
3. JOHN E., b. Feb. 21, 1804, d. Sept. 24, 1828.
4. CAROLINE, b. Feb. 6, 1806, d. Jan. 9, 1830.
7 5. CALVIN S., b. Apr. 7, 1808, m. Elizabeth J. Coe.
6. SUSANNAH W., b. July 8, 1810, m. Lawson Munyan.
7. WILLIAM H., b. Mar. 19, 1813, m. Julia Bigelow. Res. Oxford.
7-5 CALVIN S. THURSTON, (Daniel, John, Benjamin, Danicl), b. Apr. 7, 1808, m. May 24, 1830, Elizabeth J. Coc, b. May 1, 1809, d. Sept. 30, 1876. Children,
1. JOHN C., b. June 20, 1832, m. Cordelia Walker ; rev. to Montreal, C. E.
2. ISAAC D., b. Mar. 21, 1834, m. Laura A. Boyd; rev. to Lachine, C. E. 3. EDWARD H., b. Apr. 24, 1836, m. Adelaide Gould ; rev. to Ottawa, Ont. 4. ALBERT S., b. Apr., 1838, d. Sept. 5, 1838.
5. MELINDA E., b. Jan. 26, 1842, d. Oct. 27, 1844.
TURNER.
HUMPHREY TURNER, who came over from England, is the ancestor of this family. He d. in Scituate before 1673.
JOSHUA TURNER, (Joseph, Japheth, Japheth, Humphrey), b. Dec. 13, 1757, m. Aug. 22, 1781, Lydia Drury (D), b. Dec. 3, 1763, d. in Ant- werp, N. Y., Mar. 25, 1849. Ch., b. in Grafton,
1. LARKIN, b. Dec. 7, 1781, m. Sally Gould and Lucy Pierce, and rev. to Lexington.
ASA TURNER, m. Oct. 26, 1791, Sarah Goodale. Children, 1. JERATHMAEL, b. Mar. 24, 1792. 2. EMORY, b. Sept. 7, 1793.
ANDREW E. TURNER, m. Mary Baker. Children,
1. MARY E., b. Apr. 19, 1834, m. Henry Wright.
2. MARIA A. B., b. Aug. 25, 1837, m. Thomas Hall.
3. CAROLINE, b. 1841, unm. 4. ARTA R., b. July 10, 1842, unm.
WADSWORTH.
DAVID WADSWORTH, m. Hannah -. He d. Dee. 5, 1749. Child.,
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1 | 1. DAVID, b. 1741, m. Elizabeth Whipple.
2|2. EBENEZER, b. Aug. 20, 1745, m. Lucy
3. SAMUEL, b. Sept. 28, 1747.
1-1 | DAVID WADSWORTH, (David), b. 1741, m. Elizabeth Whipple (W), b. 1744, d. Oct. 31, 1827. He d. Jan. 23, 1821. Children,
1. SUSANNAH, b. Sept. 13, 1765, m. Peter Farnum (F).
2. DAVID, b. July 5, 1767, m. Virtue Willard.
1 3 4 3. JONATHAN, b. May 23, 1769, m. Tabitha Warren.
4. JOHN, b. July 18, 1771, m. Lois Warren (W). Rev. to Barre. 5. JACOB, b. Aug. 24, 1773, d. Apr. 11, 1774.
6. SAMUEL, b. June 18, 1775, m. Elizabeth Barnes. He d. 1812.
7. EBENEZER, b. June 24, 1777, d. Aug. 5, 1777.
8. MosEs, b. Oct. 30, 1778, m. Elizabeth Tisdale. Rev. to Walpole.
9. PAUL, b. Feb. 9, 1781, d. Dec. 16, 1783.
10. JOSEPH, b. Mar. 29, 1784, m. Anua Barnes. Rev. to Auburn, N. Y.
2-2 EBENEZER WADSWORTH, (David), b. Aug. 20, 1745, m. Lucy -, b. 1753, d. Jan. 13, 1819. He d. Oct. 24, 1817. Children,
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1. LUCY, b. Jan. 19, 1771. 2. SARAH, b. Mar. 17, 1773, d. Aug. 17, 1775. 3. HANNAH, b. Oct. 28, 1775.
4. EBENEZER, b. Feb. 27, 1778, m. Lucy -
5. JOHN, b. Oct. 1, 1780. 6. ANNA, b. Apr. 25, 1783.
7. CYRUS, b. June 12, 1785, d. Nov. 9, 1827.
8. SALLY, b. Dec. 23, 1787. 9. MOLLY, b. Jan. 9, 1791. 10. WELCOME, b. Jan. 31, 1794.
3-2 DAVID WADSWORTH, (David, David), b. July 5, 1767, m. Sept. 10, 1789, Virtue Willard (W). Children,
1. BETSEY, b. Mar. 2, 1790. 2. PERLEY, b. Sept. 15, 1791.
3. SUSANNAH, b. Aug. 16, 1793.
4. PATTY, b. Oct. 20, 1795, d. Apr. 14, 1796.
5. DAVID, b. - 23, 1797.
4-3 JONATHAN WADSWORTH, (David, David), b. May 23, 1769, m. Tabitha Warren (W). Children,
1. POLLY, b. Nov. 19, 1790, m. James Martin, and d. June 15, 1833.
2. SALLY, b. Aug. 24, 1794, m. Paul Farnum (F), and d. Apr. 9, 1829, in Boston.
3. NANCY, b. Mar. 11, 1798, m. Elbridge Hewett, and d. Dec. 29, 1839.
4. DAVID, b. Oct. 20, 1803, m. Dec. 8, 1825, Caroline Metcalf.
5. ELIZA A., b. June 9, 1806, m. Zephaniah Frost.
6. LEVINA, b. May 5, 1808, m. Adolphus Fowler.
7. SUSAN, b. June 3, 1810, m. Calvin Taft, and d. Oct. 23, 1837.
8. JONATHAN, b. Oct. 30, 1816, d. June 3, 1833.
5-4 EBENEZER WADSWORTH, (Ebenezer, David), b. Feb. 27, 1778, m. Lucy Ch., 1. ELIZEY, b. Mar. 26, 1804.
EBENEZER WADSWORTH, (brother of David, Sr.), m. Patience Children,
1. GRACE, b. Mar. 3, 1744.
2. EBENEZER, b. Feb. 20, 1746, d. Sept. 23, 1751.
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3. ANNA, b. Feb. 24, 1748. 4. REBECCA, b. Mar. 7, 1750.
5. EBENEZER, b. Mar. 3, 1753. 6. JOHN, b. Mar. 13, 1755.
WARD.
WILLIAM WARD, the ancestor of this family, came from England, and settled in Sudbury, where he was made a freeman in 1643; repre- sented Sudbury in 1644; and was for a number of years one of the selectmen. He d. in Marlborongh, Aug. 10, 1687.
JOHN WARD, (William, John, William), h. Feb. 23, 1690, m. Deborah . He res. in Newton until 1720. He rev. to Grafton with his family. He was for many years the schoolmaster here, and died here, May 24, 1747. Ch., b. in Grafton,
1. ELIJAH, m. July 27, 1749, Hannah Reed, of Mendon.
HEZEKIAH WARD, (Col. William, William, William), b. June 28, 1703, m. Nov. 26, 1724, Abigail Perry, d. Mar. 30, 1735 ; m. 2nd, Oct. 13, 1737, Sarah Green. She d. here, Mar. 9, 1753; m. 3rd, Apr. 7, 1768, Martha Earle, of Leicester. He d. here, Mar. 6, 1774.
He had fourteen children, all born elsewhere. He resided in South- borough, Westborough, Upton, and last at Grafton. His son, Gershom, resided in Grafton for a while. He was styled after 1750 as Lieut. Hezekiah Ward. Children, b. in Grafton,
1. BATHSHEBA, b. May 31, 1750.
2. MARA, b. Mar. 9, 1753, d. Mar. 11, 1753.
NATHANIEL WARD, (Dea. Joseph, Joseph, John, William), b. May 12, 1734, m. 1773, Hannah Batcheller, b. 1734, d. Apr. 5, 1793. He d. Mar. 27, 1793. A double gravestone in the old burying-ground marks their resting place.
Children,
1. AsA, b. 1774, d. 1776. 2. SALLY, b. 1776, d. 1777.
3. SALLY, b. July 22, 1778, m. Nov. 14, 1803, Selah Chapin, Jr.
4. AsA, b. Feb. 26, 1780. Was several years a merchant in Boston, and d. in Cincinnati, of cholera, June 26, 1849, unm.
5. ANNA, b. Jau. 28, 1782, m. Elisha Chapin.
1 6. OLIVER, b. Dec. 3, 1783, m. Betsey Phillips.
1-6 OLIVER WARD, (Nathaniel, Dea. Joseph, Joseph, John, William), b. Dec. 3, 1783, m. Feb. 1, 1809, Betsey Phillips. They rev. to North Brookfield, where he d. Feb. 26, 1839. They had eight children.
GERSHOM WARD, (Hezekiah, Col. William, William, William), b. Feb. 1, 1742, m. Sept. 1, 1768, Prudence Powers, of Uxbridge. He d. in Buckland, 1806. Ch., b. in Grafton,
1. DELIVERANCE, b. Feb. 3, 1769.
On the town records the name of his wife is called Deliverance. This, I think, is an error of the town clerk's.
HEZEKIAH WARD, (Hezekiah, Col. William, William, William), by wife Hannah, had children,
1. ABIGAIL, b. Apr. 8, 1750. 2. KARLEY, b. Feb. 17, 1752.
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3. MARTHA, b. June 14, 1754. 4. ELISHA, b. Jan. 7, 1757. 5. CALVIN, b. July 7, 1759. 6. LUTHER, b. Nov. 10 1761.
WARREN.
JOHN WARREN, came to America in 1630, aged 45, and settled in Watertown: was admitted freeman May 18, 1631; was selectman 1636, to '40. In 1635, he was one of two appointed to lay out all the high- ways. He owned a homestall of 12 acres and 176 acres of other lots. Oct., 1651, he and Thomas Arnold were each fined 20s. for an offence against the laws concerning baptism. In 1661, " old Warren and Good- man Hammond's " honses were ordered to be searched for Quakers.
SAMUEL WARREN, (John, John, John), b. March 18, 1704, m. Aug. 26, 1728, Tabitha Stone, b. 1702, d. April 21, 1765. He d. Jan. 26, 1775.
Samuel Warren came here from Weston, in 1730, as the following shows :- " S. Warren is a person free from public scandal and (in charity) is meet for church communion," Sigued, " WILLIAM WILLIAMS, pastor of the church in Weston."- Church Record.
Capt. Warren removed to Grafton about 1730; he was one of the ori- ginal members of the first church in Grafton; his daughter Sarah was the first white child baptized there. Tradition says he bought his land of the Indians. He built his first house of logs, some distance south of the house now standing built by his grandson John, and nearly opposite the so-called Chapin's lane. He commanded a company that marched for the relief of Fort William Henry, March 25, 1757. He married at Weston, Aug. 26, 1728, Tabitha Stone, daughter of Joseph and Sarah ( Waite) Stone.
. Children,
1. SAMUEL, b. April 20, 1730, m. May 29, 1754, Ennice Corbet, of Men- don.
2. SARAH, b. Dec. 24, 1731, m. Phineas Leland (L).
3. REBECCA, b. April 16, 1733. 4. ABIGAIL, b. April 29, 1735.
5. JOHN, b. Aug. 8, 1736, d. Sept. 8, 1755.
6. TABITHA, b. Aug. 6, 1738, d. Sept. 7, 1754.
7. WILLIAM, b. May 29, 1740, rev. to Conway.
8. DAVID, b. March 24, 1742, m. Prudence Whipple.
1 2 9. JOSEPH, b. April 22, 1745, m. Lois Lyon. 10. MARTHA, b. May 31, 1747.
1-8 DAVID WARREN, (Samuel, John, John, John), b. March 24, 1742, m. Prudence Whipple (W ), d. 1820. They res. here, and moved to Croy- den, N. H., subsequently moving to Newport, N. H.
Children,
1. MOSES, b. 1762. 2. AARON, b. 1762.
3. TABITHA, b. 1764. 4. DAVID, b. 1766, d. 1832.
5. PRUDENCE, b. 1768, m. Asal Wheeler (W).
6. SALLY, b. 1770, m. Joshna Wheeler (W).
7. ISAAC, b. 1772, m. Merey Thomas.
3 8. SAMUEL, b. 1775. 9. LOUISA, b. 1777.
10. ASAHEL, b. 1778, m. Huldalı Leland. .
11. JEMIMA, h. 1781, m. Lyrell Goodel.
2-9 CAPT. JOSEPH WARREN, (Samuel, John, John, John), b. April 22, 1745, m. March 28, 1765, Lois Lyon, b. 1746, d. Feb. 7, 1816. He d. July 19, 1808.
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In Feb., 1763, he was private in Capt. Ebenezer Cox's company, in His Majesty's service. He was sergeant in Capt. Lnke Drury's com- pany, that marched from Grafton to Lexington, April 19. 1775. In April, 1776, he was second lieutenant in Captain Nathaniel Sherman's com- pany in Col. John Goulding's regiment. Aug. 1, 1777, he commanded a company that marched for the relief of Bennington, and again Aug. 16, and in Sept.
Children,
1. SAMUEL, b. Dec. 7, 1765, m. - - Stow and the Widow Crowning- shield ; rev. to Weathersfield.
4 |2) JOHN, b. Nov. 28, 1767, m. Polly Chapin and Susannah Grout.
3. SALLY, b. Nov. 30, 1769, m. Gardner Brown, of Sutton, Nov., 1791.
4. TABITHA, b. May 8, 1772, m. Jonathan Wadsworth (W).
5. LoIs, b. June 14, 1779, m. Nov. 12, 1797, John Wadsworth (W).
6. PHILA, b. Feb. 21, 1783, m. March 12, 1801, Nathaniel Whipple (W).
7. DELPHIA, b. Nov. 30, 1786, d. 1869, unm.
3-10 ASAHEL WARREN, (David, Samuel, John, John, John), b. 1778, m. Huldah Leland (L), b. 1774. They rev. to Springfield, Vt., in 1805, Children,
1. BENJAMIN L., b. Aug. 27, 1803, m. Lucy Barton.
2. HULDAH A., b. March 19, 1805, m. Z. Tuttle.
4-2 JOHN WARREN, (Joseph, Samuel, John, John, John), b. Nov. 28, 1767, m. May 20, 1797, Polly Chapin, d. June 4, 1804; m. 2nd, Oct. 14, 1804, Susannah Grout, b. 1780, d. Dec. 23, 1837. He d. June 17, 1828.
John Warren, son of Joseph and Lois (Lyon) Warren, was born Nov. 28, 1767, in the old Warren house located south-east of the present house (owned now by Mr. R. E. Warren), and a little south of the old well.
He left home soon after he arrived at his majority, and began to clear and pay for a farm in New Hampshire. This farm he soon sold, and in the year 1798 formed a partnership with Mr. Jonathan Wheeler. About 1815, he withdrew from the firm of Wheeler, Warren & Case, and retired to his farm where his father and grandfather had lived from time to time. By purchase he added many acres more. About the year 1804, he built the house now standing.
Mr. Warren had marked domestic taste and was of a mirtliful tem- perament. His neighbors enjoyed his jokes and were fond of repeating them. He once sent a boy not over bright, to the mill to have some grain ground. Before the boy left for the mill, Mr. Warren told him that the miller was a very sharp man, and he must see that the miller did not cheat him. When the boy returned from the mill, Mr. Warren asked him what success he had had and if the miller had treated him all right; the boy replied that the miller when he thought he was not look- ing, took some of Mr. Warren's grain out of the hopper and put it with his own. "Then what did you do?" asked Mr. Warren. " When he was not looking 1 put it back again," replied the boy. The miller was often reminded by Mr. Warren of his trying to cheat a poor half-witted boy. Mr. Warren was a clear-headed and systematic business man. A balance sheet still in existence shows his methodical habits.
After his retirement to his farm he was much interested in town affairs. Children,
1. MARY C., b. March 16, 1799, m. Joseph Merriam (M).
2. JOHN A., b. May 13, 1801, rev. to Texas.
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3. CAROLINE F., b. July 5, 1803, d. March 20, 1812.
4. SALLY H., b. Aug. 22, 1805, d. Jan. 27, 1812.
5. ANNA G., b. May 1, 1807, m. Josiah H. Hammond (H).
6. JOSEPH D., b. Nov. 8, 1808, d. Jan. 26, 1812.
7. JONATHAN M., b. Feb. 4, 1810, m. Levina Damon, and rev. to Wau- watosa, Wis., where he lived and died.
" He was one of the pioneers of the county, having settled in the town of Wauwatosa as early as 1838. On his arrival here from Grafton, Mass., he operated the first fionring-mill during the winter of 1838-39, and was occupied with milling interests until 1841, when he settled on the farm he occupied up to the close of his long and busy career. His mill was the first in Milwaukee county, and was patronized by all the settlers within twenty miles of it.
Mr. Warren was the first town clerk of Wauwatosa, and held the office for several successive terms. As a man of affairs he was often consulted on matters of public interest, and as a neighbor and towns- man was highly esteemed for his kindness of heart and generous co- operation in every good work. He was a prominent member of the old settlers' club."* Ch., b, in Grafton, Luther A., b. March 31, 1834; Susan G., h. April 27, 1835; Julia E., b. Jan. 12, 1837.
8. SAMUEL A., b. Sept. 2, 1811, d. Jan. 29, 1812.
9. SUSANNA C., b. Sept. 4, 1813, m. Joseph C. Rice and George H. Rice.
10. JOSEPH A., b. June 17, 1815; m. Sarah Potter and Harriet Greene, and rev. to Wisconsin.
11. SAMUEL D., b. Sept. 13, 1817, m. Sept. 13, 1847, Susan C. Clark, and res. in Boston. .
Samuel Dennis Warren was born in Grafton, Mass., Sept. 13, 1817. His parents, John and Susan (Gront) Warren, were influential members of the community in which they lived. His father had been a success- ful merchant in Grafton, Mass., and Charleston, S. C., but as Samuel was the youngest son of a large family, he was obliged to rely on his own efforts for the making of his future, and it is to this fact primarily, that he ascribes his success. His father died while he was quite young, but the love and influence of his mother, and her advice dictated by strong common sense, guided him through all the trials of his early business career, and we find him turning in every perplexity, for sym- pathy and counsel to her, who never failed.
His studies began in his native town, were interrupted after two years at the Amherst Academy, by ill health. Immediately, although only fourteen years of age, he sought to enter upon some active duties, and with that intent came to Boston, in Sept., 1832; although well provided with letters from influential men, he was at first unsuccessful in his search for employment; indeed, no opportunity presented itself until after he had returned home, when his relative, Mr. Otis Daniell, offered him the position of boy in his paper warehouse. The style of the firm at this time was Grant & Daniell. Mr. Grant, better known as Deacon Grant, a man eminent for his philanthropy, and diligence in every good work, proved himself a true friend to Mr. Warren, during their long business association.
Mr. Daniell, the other member of the firm, a man of the highest integrity and worth, was, as has been said, a relative and friend, and it was in his family that young Warren found a home during the first years of his city experience.
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Mr. Warren, having at once accepted Mr. Daniell's offer, soon entered upon the duties of a position, in those days especially irksome. In consideration of a merely nominal salary and his board, a hoy was ex- pected to he at the warehouse from six o'clock in the morning till nine o'clock at night, and to perform many of the duties which, at present, devolve upon a porter. For the young boy, fresh from the happy free- dom of his country home, this was indeed a change hard to be borne, and nothing but the support and encouragement of his mother could have carried him safely through this, the hardest period of his life.
From the beginning his business ability was marked, and the strict discipline of the firm by whom he was employed, taught him the ad- vantages of system and method in all business transactions, which has contributed in so large a measure to his success. While other young men were changing from one thing to another, for the sake of an in- crease of salary, he remained constant in his position, believing that the thorough learning of a single business was of far greater import- ance than any temporary money advantage. At the age of twenty-one, however, having obtained a mastery of the business, he decided that it was for his interest to make a change, and gave notice of his intention to the firm. But they, perceiving that he had become indispensable to the interests of the business, immediately offered him a partnership, which he finally concluded to accept, and the style of the firm was ac- cordingly changed to Grant, Daniell & Co. This occurred in 1839, and from that time the business and reputation of the firm increased rapidly. For the succeeding ten years the firm did mainly a commis- sion business.
In 1851, Mr. Warren made his first European trip. Ill health, in- duced by a too close application to business, occasioned it, and he has since crossed nearly a score of times, feeling that the voyage and entire withdrawal from business, were the only means of obtaining any per- manent good.
His second trip abroad, in 1853, resulted in the introduction, by the importation of foreign rags, a new element in the business. At that time he entered into relations with a large shipping house in Leghorn, Italy. These relations have ever since been maintained.
Mr. Warren recognized the fact that the only true and legitimate business was that in which the producer came in direct contact with the consumer, and in the early part of 1853 leased a small mill in Pep- perell, Mass., capable of producing two tons per day. This experiment succeeded so well that in the following year be purchased, on his pri- vate account, some mills now called the Cumberland Mills, in the town of Westbrook, Me. He immediately began the work of enlarging and remodelling them, making use of the latest improvements in machinery and processes. The water power at that place is one of the best in the country. The product was first increased to three tons per day, then to seven tons, and the mills are now turning out sixteen tons per day. The improvements both in the mills and in their surroundings has been commensurate with the increase in product. The mills are situated on the Presumpscott river, five miles from Portland, the freight facilities to which city, as well as to New York and Boston, are unsurpassed. Although the process of improvement was at once begun, it was not until the close of the year 1878 that they assumed their present propor- tions. His policy being to spare no expense in anything really useful to the perfection of manufacturing, he has attained for the Cumberland mills a reputation second to none in the country for quality aud quantity of their product. The mills, at present, give employment to about three hundred and seventy-five persons, of both sexes, and have thus formed the nucleus of a flourishing village, to which they gave their uame.
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HISTORY OF GRAFTON.
Besides the Cumberland and Pepperell mills, Mr. Warren has operated mills at Gardiner, Me., and Manchester, N. H. At the present time his entire product amounts to twenty-five tous per day, or over seventy five hundred tons a year, requiring in its manufacture forty tons per day of raw material.
The changes in his business relations, during this period of which we have been speaking, deserve notiee. In 1855 Mr. Daniell retired from the firm, and from this time until 1867 its style was Grant, Warren & Co., although by the death of Deaeon Grant, in 1863, and the admission of other partners, the interests actually represented were several times changed. In 1867, Mr. Warren separated from his partners, intending to give up the large dealing in paper makers' supplies, hitherto earried on by the firm, and to confine himself to manufacturing. The business was conducted under Mr. Warren's name alone till 1871, when Mr. ('harles Fairchild was admitted into partnership, and the firm became, as it is now, S. D. Warren & Co.
At the age of thirty he married Susan C., the daughter of Rev. Dorus Clarke, D. D., originally of Westhampton, Mass. By this marriage Mr. Warren has had six children, five sons and one daughter, of whom five are now living.
12. SARAH E., b. Apr. 4, 1820, m. John W. Mason. Res. Boston.
13. ADEIIA M., b. Jan. 9, 1822, in. Henry P. Bliss. Res. in Cambridge. 14. HANNAH L., b. July 25, 1824, m. Henry P. Bliss.
SILAS WARREN, (Capt. Daniel, Ensign John, Daniel, John), b. July 28, 1720, in Westborough, m. Dec. 6, 1742, in Westborough, Elizabeth Newton. His great-grandfather and Samuel's grandfather were broth- ers. She d. Jan. 26, 1794, " very aged." Children,
1. SILAS, b. Dee. 10, 1753. 2. DANIEL, b. Jan. 2, 1756.
3. JONATHAN, b. Dec. 6, 1759, m. Sarah Prentiee. 4. ELISHA, b. June 22, 1762.
1 JONATHAN WARREN, (Silas, Capt. Daniel, Ensign John, Daniel, John), b. Dee. 6, 1759, m. May 1, 1788, Sarah Prentice (P), b. Oct. 31, 1766, d. Mar. 18, 1828. He d. Oet. 4, 1807. Children,
1. HENRY P., b. Feb. 2, 1789, d. young.
2. HENRY P., b. Aug. 10, 1791, d. Jan. 16, 1841.
3. ELIZABETH N., b. June 9, 1793, m. Jonas Greenwood (G).
4. SARAH, b. Apr. 1, 1795, m. Liberty Wood (W).
5. SILAS, b. Apr. 1, 1797, m. Mary Cutter.
6. JONATHAN, b. July 29, 1799, m. Sally S. Brown and Fauny W. (Farns- worth ) Johnson.
7. CHARLES I., b. Aug. 29, 1801, mn. Huldah C. Goddard.
8. HANNAH H., b. Mar. 9, 1803, m. Samuel Harrington (H).
9. RUFUS E., b. July 30, 1805, m. Almira Brown and [?].
JONATHAN WARREN, (Jonathan, Silas, Capt. Daniel, Ensign Joho, Daniel, John), h. July 29, 1799, m. Nov. 7, 1823, Sally S. Brown (B), b. 1801, d. Apr. 16, 1855; m. 2nd, July 29, 1856, Fanny W. (Farnsworth) Johnson, b. Sept. 19, 1816. He d. Nov. 14, 1875.
" We are pained to hear of the death of Capt. Jonathan Warren, which oeeurred yesterday. His age was seventy-six years. By the death of Captain Warren Grafton has lost one of her oldest and most respected eitizens. Born and brought up in that town, he began busi- ness there at the age of twenty years as a boot and shoe manufacturer,
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